Associated Press

At least four other states have similar “personhood” laws in effect, including Missouri, Kansas, Georgia and Alabama.

The spending plan for the upcoming year uses a record surplus to invest in education and infrastructure while lowering state debt and preparing for an economic downturn.

In Thursday’s genetic abnormality ruling, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the federal judge in Phoenix who had blocked it last September.

The justices’ 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump.

The $18 billion budget includes funding for a border wall, public safety, highway construction, and increased investment in Arizona’s public schools.

Excessive heat causes more weather-related deaths in the United States than hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes combined.

Kari Lake’s comments condemning drag queens were quickly criticized by one of the most popular drag performers in Phoenix, who says Lake is a hypocrite who frequented his performances.

Latinos in the US are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from their ancestral homelands.

The new youth service program is designed to create job opportunities for Native Americans while boosting their cultural connections to nature through conservation projects on tribal and public land.

The eryngo, a rare plant that depends on wetlands for survival, is now on the federal endangered species list.